Presentation to the Finance and Public Administration Committee of the Scottish Parliament Overview of the Policy Project 18 April 2023 About the Policy Projects of the Policy Origins Purpose Funding Governance Initiated in 2014 by • Initially annual The Head of the To help the Head of the senior public service co-funding from 8 Policy Profession is Policy Profession build leaders – keen to medium to large- advised by: a high performing explore joint sized depts policy system: • a Policy approaches to • 2019/20: moved to • that supports and Profession Board tackling shared 3 year co-funding enables good (8 members) issues like: by all Public Service decision-making (now • the Tier 2 Policy • an uneven quality departments – 4 and in the future) Leaders’ Network of policy advice tier contributions • to improve the lives (from all 28 • various work- based on the size of people in New...